We all do a Spring clean and in Dulwich, most things end up at GROAD's drop off point (St Faith's). However, it was St Faith's turn to do a clear out as Shed 2 has become compacted.

With an Open House on Mondays, the team cleared out Shed 2 before displaying the items both inside and outside on the porch.

Diane and Ivar were in charge of putting out all the toys of which there were three tables full!

Alex, Jo and Lindy helped inside with two of GROAD's volunteers to put out household items, clothes and bedding.

Due to space, they couldn't display everything but did well in an hour and a bit!

Zoe & the gang were on top of everything by the time Kate and I met them at the Remakery. With transport already sorted and food prepped, we offered to help with the final bits of washing up, before sweeping and mopping up.

I hope that the carrot cake (as well as the other hot food) tasted as delicious as it smelled!

As Sam ran from Kingswood House to arrive at Thorlands fifteen minutes late, he did not miss much as the team: Diane, Elizabeth and Jo were just getting started at the border between the kitchen garden and Forest garden.

It was Elizabeth first visit to Thorlands as Simon recognized Diane from a few months back.

Simon set out our tasks to continue putting the wood log border down as he identified that the compost heap area will turn into a wild flower bed. Elizabeth and Sam concentrated on digging a small trench and putting in the logs whilst Diane and Jo did some weeding as well as levelling off the mulch near the kitchen garden entrance.

All this great work was done within an hour and a bit whilst we discussed Spring cleaning and life admin tasks! 💪

This morning, five keen beans went to Kingswood house (former home of "Mr Brovril"), to help Kingswood Arts, who have recently taken over the lease of the building from Southwark council. This is the last full week of preparation that they have before they will open to the public, and there was still lots to do!

We helped by stripping the walls and cleaning everything. There was so much furniture in the room, and we had to keep moving it about to be able to get to all the areas of wall, so this was an extremely active task. (An extra well done to Rose and Diane for running to the task, despite all the hills! 💪🦵)

We also welcomed Aleksandra to her first task 🥳 - she did a meticulous job of cleaning many tables, and well done for picking up the endless task of sweeping all the dust that we were bringing up! 👏

The two hours passed very quickly, and we tidied up in time to leave. As we left, we managed to give away on leaflet to an interested local, and James gave some good touristing tips to Aleksandra of the local area. Community comes in all forms at Goodgym! 💛